Desire Me Now by Tiffany Clare

Author:Tiffany Clare
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: HarperCollinsPublishers
Published: 2015-03-26T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER TWELVE

Hitching Amelia higher in his arms, Nick turned his back to her door and reached behind him to find the doorknob. Twisting it, they rushed backward into her room. Her grip had tightened around his shoulders, and she felt a giddiness wash through her at the sudden thrill and excitement of their stolen moment.

This is wrong, her mind screamed. She needed to stop this. She needed to think about her choices. But the words asking him to set her down and leave simply wouldn’t form on her tongue. What she wanted was to forget about everything else, including the pesky voice of reason trying to ruin her perfect night. And while she might still feel slightly lightheaded from the absinthe, it was not ruling her actions.

Mr. Riley set her down on her feet. Her body slid along his on its descent.

Holding on to his jacket, she tipped her head up and stared into his eyes. “Why do I feel this way around you?”

He rubbed his hands over hers, holding her close. “And how is that?”

“Confused. In need of something I do not understand and for which I cannot find words.” She closed her eyes, not believing she was admitting this much to him. “Desperate for your touch, for your lips pressed against mine . . . for your hands around me as they were in the carriage.”

Perhaps that was the absinthe talking. She doubted she’d have said any of that, had she refrained from indulging in the green liquid.

When she cracked her eyes open, it was hard to miss the hunger that dilated his pupils. Releasing her hands, he caressed her jaw and chin. She backed away from him, not sure if she’d made the right decision in inviting him into her bedroom, not sure about confessing her feelings at all.

She stumbled on her bad foot and reached out to catch herself on the cushioned bench at the end of her bed. Mr. Riley was there in an instant, lifting and carrying her over to the side of the bed. He set her down with a gentleness she couldn’t have guessed he harbored when he looked positively ravenous and ready to devour her.

She closed her eyes again, took in a steady breath, and released it. She repeated this process as Mr. Riley kneeled in front of her and pushed her skirts up so that they were gathered above her knees. Any proper young lady would have asked him to stop, but she didn’t have it in her to do so. She didn’t want to be proper when she was with Mr. Riley.

Instead, she stared at his bowed head and considered leaning close enough to run her fingers through the thick waves of black that fell forward around his collar. His focus was on untying her boot. He removed the boot on her good foot first and then carefully worked on the second, loosening all the laces so it fell off her foot and into his hand without having to be tugged free.

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